War (Jet Li vs. Jason Statham!)

[Chaplin]

Li, Statham to star in 'Rogue'
By JAM! Movies

Action stars Jet Li ("Cradle 2 the Grave," "Kiss of the Dragon") and Jason Statham ("The Transporter," "Snatch") are teaming up in the thriller "Rogue," Variety reports.

Li will play the title character, an infamous assassin who has ignited a crime war between two rival Asian mobs, while Statham will star as an FBI agent who is determined to bring Rogue down after his partner is murdered.

Music video director Philip G. Atwell (50 Cent, Eminem) will helm the film.

Jet Li and Jason Statham previously worked together in 2001's "The One."

 

[Louis]

Oh yeah!

Jet Li has put out some pretty cool movies. "The One" and "Romeo Must Die" were his best American work.

Meanwhile "The Transporter" series have been very cool movies too.

 

[vince56]

Li, Statham to star in 'Rogue'
By JAM! Movies

Action stars Jet Li ("Cradle 2 the Grave," "Kiss of the Dragon") and Jason Statham ("The Transporter," "Snatch") are teaming up in the thriller "Rogue," Variety reports.

Li will play the title character, an infamous assassin who has ignited a crime war between two rival Asian mobs, while Statham will star as an FBI agent who is determined to bring Rogue down after his partner is murdered.

Music video director Philip G. Atwell (50 Cent, Eminem) will helm the film.

Jet Li and Jason Statham previously worked together in 2001's "The One."

It's like MAD-LIBS!!!

Li will play the title character, an <insert a terrible overused hollywood cliche> who has ignited a <insert a terrible overused hollywood cliche> between two <insert terrible overused hollywood cliches>,while Statham will star as an <insert a terrible overused hollywood cliche> who is determined to "bring Rogue down" (no cliche there, eh? ) after his <insert a terrible overused hollywood cliche> is <insert a terrible overused hollywood cliche>.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

War

Release Date: August 24, 2007
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Philip G. Atwell
Screenwriter: Lee Anthony Smith, Gregory J. Bradley
Genre: Action, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for sequences of strong bloody violence, sexuality/nudity and language)
Website: War

Starring: Jet Li, Jason Statham, John Lone, Devon Aoki, Luis Guzman, Saul Rubinek, Ryo Ishibashi, Mathew St. Patrick, Nadine Velazquez, Andrea Roth, Mark Cheng, Kane Kosugi, Kennedy Lauren Montano, Terry Chen

Plot Summary: A full-throttle, martial arts thriller, Lionsgate's "War" stars Jet Li ("Fearless," "Unleashed," "The One") and Jason Statham ("Crank," "The Italian Job") as two adversaries set on a violent collision course in the Asian mob underground. Produced by Steven Chasman, Jim Thompson and Christopher Petzel, "War" is directed by Philip G. Atwell from a script by Lee Anthony Smith and Gregory J. Bradley.

After his partner is brutally murdered by the infamous assassin Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) vows to find the elusive killer and personally avenge his partner's death. But Rogue proves untraceable until three years later when he resurfaces to ignite a bloody turf war between Chinese mob leader Chang (John Lone) and Japanese Yakuza boss Shiro (Ryo Ishibashi). Eager to capture Rogue once and for all, Crawford leads his team of crime specialists headlong into the conflict. But Crawford's thirst for vengeance jeopardizes his professional judgment, and as the violence escalates, Crawford finally comes face to face with his enemy to discover that nothing about Rogue or his plan is quite what it seems.

 

[Ryanwb]

I thought I read that Jet Li was retiring

 

[Stout]

I thought I read that Jet Li was retiring

Retiring from making Chinese martial arts epics.

 

[dodie53]

we might see some karate in this movie..